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Lexicon :: Strong's H6938 - qēḏār

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קֵדָר
Transliteration
qēḏār
Pronunciation
kay-dawr'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun, proper noun with reference to people
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

קֵדָר Qêdâr, kay-dawr'; from H6937; dusky (of the skin or the tent); Kedar, a son of Ishmael; also (collectively) Bedouin (as his descendants or representatives):—Kedar.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H6938 in the following manner: Kedar (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H6938 in the following manner: Kedar (12x).

  1. Kedar = "dark"

    proper masculine noun

    1. a son of Ishmael

      proper noun with reference to people

    2. the descendants of Kedar

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קֵדָר Qêdâr, kay-dawr'; from H6937; dusky (of the skin or the tent); Kedar, a son of Ishmael; also (collectively) Bedouin (as his descendants or representatives):—Kedar.
STRONGS H6938: Abbreviations
† קֵדָר proper name, of a people (swarthy? black-tented?); Κηδαρ:
1. tribe of nomads in Arabian desert Isaiah 21:16; Isaiah 42:11 (with verb feminine), Isaiah 60:7, Jeremiah 2:10; Jeremiah 49:28 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 27:21; בְּנֵיקֿ׳ Isaiah 21:17; אָהֳלֵי ק׳ Psalm 120:5; Songs 1:5 (made of black goat-skins JacobBeduinenleben (2), 41 or black woven stuff DoughtyArab. Des. i. 224 f.; simile of swarthy hue).
2. ancestor of 1. (above), son of Ishmael, Genesis 25:13 = 1 Chronicles 1:29. — compare Assyrian Ḳidru COTGenesis 25:13, PlinNH see 11 -12 Cedrei; also Sabean tribe-name קדר Hal623 (compare DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 14).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:13; 25:13

1 Chronicles

1:29

Psalms

120:5

Song of Songs

1:5

Isaiah

21:16; 21:17; 42:11; 60:7

Jeremiah

2:10; 49:28

Ezekiel

27:21

H6938

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6938 matches the Hebrew קֵדָר (qēḏār),
which occurs 12 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:13 - and these are the names of the [twelve] sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their births: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:29 - These are their descendants: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 120:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:5 -

Woe to me, for I sojourn in Meshech,

and I live among the tents of Kedar [among hostile people]!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:5 -

(The Shulammite Bride)

“I am deeply tanned but lovely,

O daughters of Jerusalem,

[I am dark] like the tents of [the Bedouins of] Kedar,

Like the [beautiful] curtains of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:16 -

For the Lord has said this to me, “Within a year, according to the years of a hired man [who will work no longer than was agreed], all the splendor of [the tribe of] Kedar will end;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:17 - and the remainder of the number of archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be few; for the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:11 -

Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices,

The villages where Kedar lives.

Let the inhabitants of [fn]Sela shout for joy,

Let them shout joyfully from the tops of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:7 -

“All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you [as the eastern pastoral tribes join the trading tribes],

The rams of Nebaioth will serve you;

They will go up with acceptance [as sacrifices] on My altar,

And I will glorify the house of My honor and splendor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:10 -

“For cross over to the coasts of Kittim (Cyprus) [to the west] and see,

Send also to Kedar (Arabia) [to the east] and carefully observe and consider

And see whether there has been such [a thing] as this!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:28 -

Concerning [fn]Kedar and concerning the kingdoms of [fn]Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. Thus says the LORD,

“Arise, go up against Kedar

And destroy the men of the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:21 - “Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were your customers for lambs, rams, and goats [favored by you]; for these they were your customers.
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